The awards are set to take place on Monday 25th November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

The RTS Craft & Design Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast television and aim to recognise the huge variety of skills and processes involved in programme production. Entries are now open across 30 categories ranging from Make Up Design: Drama to Director: Multicamera, with the RTS Special Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award being given at the discretion of the RTS.

Chair of the Awards, Lee Connolly said: “The last year of television has seen some exceptionally crafted shows from production talent across the UK. We are very much looking forward to receiving the entries and celebrating the outstanding creative talent working tirelessly to provide the industry and UK audiences with such a high standard of onscreen content.”

All entries must have been first transmitted between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019 and may be submitted by companies or individuals, the deadline for submission is Monday 2nd September 2019.

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Craft & Design Awards Categories

Design 

Nominations and Awards will be made in the following three categories.  These can be for graphics, animation, live action etc:

Trails & Packaging – Entries are welcome from any programme area
Programme Content Sequences - Entries are welcome from any programme area
Titles - Entries are welcome from any programme area

Make Up Design

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories:

Drama - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Comedy Drama, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries
Entertainment & Non-Drama Productions - including Arts & Music, Documentary/Factual programmes and Situation Comedy

Costume Design

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories:

Drama - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Comedy Drama, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries
Entertainment & Non-Drama Productions - including Arts & Music, Documentary/Factual programmes and Situation Comedy

Production Design

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories:

Drama - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Comedy Drama, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries
Entertainment & Non-Drama Productions - including Arts & Music, Situation Comedy, Factual programmes, News and Current Affairs, Sports and Events

Effects

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories from any area of programme making:

Effects - including electronically or graphically created effects as well as physical production mechanisms eg. pyrotechnics, explosions, stunts, animatronics etc
Picture Enhancement - Nominations and Awards will be made in this category for manipulation and improvement.  It is aimed at those who take the original material and enhance and improve it, thereby making a substantial contribution to the ‘feel’ of the piece. The category covers electronic or film images and is aimed at colourists/graders, matte work/glass shots, blue screen/chromakey etc. Entries may come from any genre of programme making.

Director

Nominations and Awards will be made in four categories:

Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy
Drama
Documentary/Factual & Non-Drama Productions
Multicamera - (all multicamera work, except sport is eligible) including Arts & Music, Situation Comedy, Factual programmes, News and Current Affairs, Entertainment and Events.

Photography

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories:

Drama & Comedy - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Comedy Drama, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries
Documentary/Factual & Non-Drama Productions - including Arts & Music and Factual programmes​

Lighting and Multicamera​

Nominations and Awards will be made in three categories:

Lighting for Multicamera - (all multicamera work is eligible).  This Award is for a Lighting Designer
Multicamera Work - (all multicamera work, except sport is eligible) - including Arts & Music, Situation Comedy, Factual programmes, News and Current Affairs, Entertainment and Events. 
Multicamera Work – Sport

Sound

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories:

Drama - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Comedy Drama, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries.
Entertainment & Non-Drama Productions - including Arts & Music, Situation Comedy, Documentary/Factual programmes/Outside Broadcasts/Sport

Editing

Nominations and Awards will be made in four categories:

Drama - including Single Drama, Drama Series, Drama Serial, Drama for Children’s and Educational programmes, Dramatic Reconstruction and Drama Documentaries
Documentary/Factual
Entertainment and Comedy - This Award is designed to recognise skills in all areas editing within entertainment and comedy.
Sport

Music Awards

Nominations and Awards will be made in two categories

Original Title Music - for a programme/series titles or a network or channel ident
Original Score - for a programme or series

RTS Special Award

This Award is given at the discretion of the Royal Television Society. It can be awarded to either an individual or a group, from any area of programme making, and will be given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to television craft or design for the innovative use of new technology, within the current criteria year.  The Society welcome suggestions and recommendations. This Award cannot be awarded posthumously.

Lifetime Achievement Award

This Award is given at the discretion of the Society for an outstanding achievement of creative craft or design in the industry. The Society welcome suggestions and recommendations.  This Award cannot be awarded posthumously.